“Former head of Russian business “Yandex” headed Ozon.ru

– Alexander Shulgin, who earlier held the post of chief operating officer of Yandex, has been appointed General Director of group of companies, the ozone, the report said the online retailer.

Shulgin was succeeded by Danny Perekalsky who worked in Ozon 2014 and decided to leave the company.

According to Sistema Venture Capital (corporate venture Fund of AFK Sistema , the shareholder Ozon), Shulgin’s experience in the launch and development of new business areas in “Yandex”, the conclusion of the company’s IPO and deep market and product expertise in the Internet industry will give a new impetus to the development of the company.

OZON.ru established in 1998. The service offers more than 4.7 million items in 23 categories. In 2014, Ozon invested AFK “System”.